A B-2 Spirit “Spirit of Kansas” stealth bomber was destroyed at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam on February 23, 2008. The B-2 ...

On May 14, 1940, the Arsenal VG-36 made its first flight as an improved French light fighter developed from the VG-33.

Editors’ note: This story originally was published Sept. 25, 2019. Boeing’s Renton plant has seen a lot of aviation history come and go in its nearly 80 years of operation. Long before the recent ...

The U.S. military-industrial complex has developed hundreds of planes since the start of World War II. As aviation engineers pushed the boundaries of known science and engineering, they occasionally ...

Eugene Ely's daring and fortitude paid off, and he eventually ushered in the age of U.S. naval aviation by successfully taking off from a U.S. Navy warship in Virginia on Nov. 14, 1910. Eugene Ely did ...

SEATTLE — The site of the most aviation history in the Northwest may be right here in Seattle. Magnuson Park was once known as Sand Point Naval Air Station and has a long aviation history. In the ...

From the myth of Icarus to the sketches of Leonardo Da Vinci's ornithopter, humanity has looked to the sky since first watching birds take wing. History is dotted with ill-advised attempts to achieve ...

Taking to the skies has expanded our mobility in extraordinary ways. Journeys that once took days or months now take a matter of hours. Airplanes and helicopters are amazing machines that serve as a ...

So, learn all about the innovative spirit of North Carolina's people and how their pride and ambition led to a bold legacy today. Why North Carolina remains the 'Cradle of Flight' It is no coincidence ...

The Hagerstown Aviation Museum will unveil a new painting celebrating Fairchild Aircraft's history. The oil painting, "An Enduring Legacy of Flight," was created by Larry Selman, according to a ...

Each pin is a miniature work of art, bearing the brand logo and rich with symbolism in engraved detail. We would not have believed that so much history could be stuffed into so small a package, but ...

Modern aircraft are testaments to engineering progress since the dawn of commercial aviation last century. However, there are some puzzling circumstances of planes that have gone missing. With ...